Goumas named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Goumas scored five goals, added five assists and was a +7 last week helping Reading to a 3-0-0 record.

The 24-year-old had the game-winning goal and two assists in a 5-1 win at Manchester on Friday, tied the ECHL season-high with six points (3g-3a) in a 7-4 victory over the Monarchs on Saturday and scored the only goal in 1-0 win at Adirondack on Sunday.

Goumas, who was assigned to the Royals by Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League earlier in the week, has recorded 12 points (6g-6a) in five games with Reading this season. He has added 13 points (6g-7a) in 56 games with Lehigh Valley.

A native of Merrick, N.Y., Goumas has tallied 34 points (13g-21a) in 132 career American Hockey League games with Adirondack and Lehigh Valley. Prior to turning pro, he had 146 points (44g-102a) in 146 career games at the University of New Hampshire.

On behalf of Kevin Goumas, a case of pucks will be donated to a Reading youth hockey organization by Sher-Wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-Wood Hockey has donated more tha3n 3,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.